Songs with lyrics about running that give me motivation to keep going and WE WON (well, technically 2nd place).

I get abnormally excited when a song talks about running (or has lyrics that I can apply to my running:). I wanted to share with you a bunch of songs that push me to keep going because of their lyrics!!

2. OneRepublic—> Love Runs Out. “Oh, we all run for something. Run for God, for fate, for love, for hate, for gold, for rust, for diamonds, for dust.”

3. Cake—> The Distance. “He’s going the distance. He’s going for speed. She’s all alone. In her time of need. Because he’s racing and pacing and plotting the course. He’s fighting and biting and riding on his horse, He’s going the distance.”

5. Eminem—> ’Till I Collapse. “Cause sometimes you just feel tired, feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength and just pull that ish;) out of you and get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse.”

7. Dixie Chicks—> Ready to Run. “This time I’m ready to run. Escape from the city and follow the sun. ‘Cause I wanna be yours, don’t you wanna be mine? I don’t wanna get lost in the dark of the night. This time I’m ready to run.”

8. The Fray—> Run For Your Life. “Run for your life, my love. Run and you don’t give up. It’s all that you are. All that you want. I will be close behind. Run for your life.”

9. Beyonce—> Run the World (Girls). “Who run the world? Girls. This goes out to all the women getting it in, You’re on the grind…. How we’re smart enough to make these millions. Strong enough to bear the children.”

10. Nelly—> Heart of a Champion. “Ain’t no way they can stop me now. Cause I’m on my way, I can feel my ring coming. It’s the blood of a champion, pumping. Deep inside my veins, too much pride to be running. I’ma get what I can and more, even if my blood, my sweat, and my tears don’t mean nothing. It’s the heart of a champion.”

And Uptown Funk doesn’t say a word about running but just picturing Bruno Mars makes me happy which then makes me run faster.

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Brooke and I had an intense soccer game yesterday afternoon so I fueled up right before with the good stuff.

She is getting quite good.

After the game she insisted on wearing her Minnie Mouse shoes everywhere we went—> YOLO (I have promised you so many times that I would never use that word on my blog again and then there I go using it for the millionth time).

For dinner we had a very important Chili cook off to attend. I went for the method of trying two at a time.

Megan and I took second place overall and won a gift certificate for froyo—> quite fitting. We made her Chicken Cream Cheese Chili and it was a hit.

The bachelor finale stole a good chunk of our lives last night. Okay, we probably actually only watched 10% of it and talked and ate popcorn for the other 90%.

Megan brought THREE types of heavenly popcorn. We all could not stop eating this goodness:

Samoa Popcorn= Use THIS recipe for the caramel corn but before you pour the caramel on the popcorn, add a cup of toasted coconut. Then mix it with the caramel, spread it out on a cookie sheet and drizzle melted dark chocolate on the top. Let it harden before breaking it up.

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Having plantains, eggs, and sausage for breakfast :) I love Brooke’s soccer ball, that might just get my girls excited about soccer. Thanks for all the great songs! I don’t listen to music often when running so I don’t have any great ones in mind. I have a feeling I’m missing out!

I think I listen to every song you have listed up there. I listen to alot of Wakey!Wakey! while I run too, though their songs generally have little to do with running. But War Sweater motivates me to run, so it works.

I’m having bacon, eggs and a small cinnamon chip scone!

I like kettle corn. Little bit sweet, little bit salty. Her popcorn looks amazing! I haven’t seen the bachelor finale yet, but I do know who he picked.

I’ve been a runner for as long as I can remember. I started running track in second grade and it was the only sport I did. I am not remotely coordinated so while I tried a few other sports, nothing else stuck.

Love Runs Out by One Republic, Shake It Off by Taylor Swift, and Pompeii by Bastille are my favorite run fast songs.
Breakfast is going to be oat with chia seeds, almonds, and bananas after my run. Plus lots of coffee :)
Plain popcorn with just a bit of sea salt for me. I’m totally boring when it comes to popcorn.
I played on a volleyball team when I was young. I think I’m only good at running because it does not require great hand-eye coordination.

Deirdre

Florence and the machine is the best to run to, gives me chills every time I run to that song! I also love Florence’s ‘No Light No Light’ to run to.
And I love eminem’s ’till I collapse’ too, it got me through the finals miles of my long runs when training for my first marathon. I actually love running to most of Eminem’s music, he’s a genius in my eyes :)

Emily W.

Had greek yogurt and cheerios for bfast. I love exercising to old school songs, one of the instructors at my gym throws them in her class playslist and it distracts me thinking back to highschool etc. and not focus on the fact my muscles are burning!

I used to do competitive cheerleading, dance, gymnastics and soccer growing up. Take me back to all the energy I used to have… ;)

Great list of running songs! When I was young I played soccer and softball, then in middle/high school I switched to track and field hockey, and I also danced from ages 3-18. This morning’s breakfast was an egg scramble with sweet potatoes, bacon and spinach!

I am all about the motivational songs while running! Depends on the day which song triggers my running motivation (and life motivation as the same time lol)…Titanium is a definite favorite of mine always, along with Bring Em Out, anything but Fall Out Boy and for some reason as I mentioned last week on my blog, It’s All Coming Back To Me by Celine Dion. No idea but at the moment, listening to it on repeat for 5 miles was amazing.

Good list of tunes! I have most of those, but I’ll have to check out the missing ones. Not sure why, but I can’t even think of my favorite running song at this moment (up to0 early for my run, need more brain power!).
I love all of those popcorn flavors, but I prefer the salty kind.
When I was a kid I didn’t play any sports. I really didn’t like having someone depend on me to score!! (I couldn’t take the pressure!)

Paola

My all time favorite song is Calvin Harris’ Let’s Go. It’s amazing, it might be a little too slow for your pace, but I’m sure you can speed it up or find a remix somewhere.
“Let’s go. Make no excuses now, I’m talking here and now, I’m talking here and now
Let’s go! Your time is running out, I’m talking here and now, I’m talking here and now.It’s not about what you’ve done, it’s about what you doing. It’s all about where you going, no matter where you’ve been, let’s go!”
Works every time!

Whenever I’m gunning for a PR, I try to time my playlist so that Spongebob’s “Best Day Ever” is playing when I cross the finish line. I’m pretty cool. It is also mega-depressing though if you are off pace and it comes on too soon :(

When I was a kid I played a lot of soccer, basketball, and softball. Soccer was always my go-to sport. I also did track and wish I would have loved running back then like I do now. I appreciate it so much more!

Popcorn → light salt and butter

Oh, the Bachelor! I definitely called it. ☺ What did you think of his decision? Who do you think should be the next Bachelorette?

I ate cereal this morning – I know boring, but to make it exciting, I mixed the apple cluster cereal with the strawberry cluster cereal. It was quite delicious!

I LOVE popcorn – sweet, salty, savory, mixed,… we eat a lot of it at my house. It is a staple snack on family movie night as well as an anytime snack!

I never played soccer as a kid, but we just signed my 7 year old daughter up for it and she is super excited. I’m excited too as I purchased her a couple of pairs of AWESOME soccer socks and cute little shin guards!

They might be cliche, but Springsteen’s Born to Run and the Chariots of Fire theme are really good at giving me a pick me up. I’ve struggle during races but if those songs come on, I feel like I have a little bit extra to give.

Valerie

Sometimes I think you should change the name of your blog to ” TheGirl Who Eats The Best Desserts Ever and Runs Alot” because this is what you do. I love it. OMG, please don’t ever give up sugar because I live vicariously through you and drool on a daily basis!!!

Monika

I have a running playlist – different songs motivate me better depending on the day!

Breakfast this morning (and every weekday morning) = greek yogurt and granola! Already had my coffee in the car (best part of my mornings).

Buttery or salty popcorn is usually the winner – cheddar flavored skinny pop!

I played soccer my entire life (and did track in middle school and part of high school – 100 M and 200 M what what), so it makes me SO happy to see Brooke kicking around a soccer ball! I started playing when I was 8. When I told my dad I wanted to play at first he was like “….no that’s dangerous” but in the end he was my best coach/biggest fan :)

ALSO I watched the entire Bachelor finale live…and I thought it was so boring! Becca didn’t seem to care at ALL.

I love Florence and the Machine! That song is awesome. I used to play baseball and hockey and I skiied. I want to expose my boys to so many different activities right now and then let them pick what they want to focus on.
Have you had Chicago Mix popcorn? That stuff is amazing!

Michelle

Kaitlin

Ah! I LOVE OneRepublic’s Love Runs Out! “There’s a maniac, out in front of me…” Always makes me want to run faster to catch that person in front of me; real or imaginary.

I also am a big fan of Florence + The Machine’s Shake It Out. I always put it towards the end of a race playlist when I’m tired..”Shake it off, shake it off..and it’s hard to dance with the devil on your back so shake him off.” It gives me the mental boost to ‘shake off’ the fatigue and the voice inside my head trying to tell me to quit.

Lastly, and this one is cornball, but I love ‘Go the Distance’ from Hercules. I added it to my playlist when I did my first Disney half marathon and it has remained a staple ever since. “I will find my way, I can go the distance. I’ll be there someday, if I can be strong. I know every mile, will be worth my while…”

Stephanie

While it’s slow, I love Carry On by fun especially because of these lines: “May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground. Carry On…” And “my head is on fire but my legs are fine. After all they are mine.”

And this one’s funny but Somebody Told Me by the Killers. A great race song but I totally take the line “Pace yourself for me” to heart. I need to be reminded of that during a race:)

Melanie

When I’m doing a long run and just want to zone out I have some really strange picks, but I love running to Ronan Hardiman’s “Lord of the Dance” and Brandi Carlile’s “What Can I Say” especially when I’m trail running.

“Ways to Go” by Grouplove is a favorite of mine on runs. The lyric “I’ve got a little bit longer, I’ve got a ways to go” is basically my thought process during a hard/long workout. One side of my brain is telling me to keep going because it’s almost done, while the other is telling me to just stop because I’m not even close :)

Our 6 year old JUST got a new pair of Minnie Mouse shoes! She absolutely loves them! Popcorn is one of my favorite snacks and those look soooo good. When I eat plain popcorn popped on top of the stove I feel like I’m eating “clean” without all the extra stuff but I so love some popcorn with salt and chocolate on it. Now I want some.

I love “Faster” by Matt Nathanson. Whenever it comes on, I push a little harder to increase my pace during that song. I also try to make sure Jason Mraz’s “You F*ckin’ Did It” comes on close to the end of my long runs or races… because it’s hysterical and super motivating.

katipet

A lot of the songs you mentioned I love to listen to while running! I’m also a fan of Imagine Dragons “On Top of the World” (instantly makes me feel happy that I’m able to run…even if the run isn’t going that great) and “The Middle” by Jimmy Eat World. I’m super corny and have even strategically placed this song in the middle of playlists for my marathons/half marathons :) Love the lyrics “It just takes some time, little girl you’re in the middle of the ride. Everything will be just fine, everything will be alright”.

Shayla

These are both kind of dark songs on a deep level, but I like Fast As You Can by Fiona Apple and Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People. I pretend they’re about running :) And I love the whistling in Pumped up Kicks.

Maddie

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I love Cake, but don’t know most of those others. Some good ones are “Running down a dream” by Tom Petty, “Run for your life” by Pink Floyd and “Fox on the run” by Sweet. And “Ballroom blitz” by Sweet is just a great workout song, no matter what you’re doing.